Right now I have no teacher recommendations, but I asked two teachers. I reminded them, but have yet to get any of the recommendations sent in. I’m freaking out because the NYU deadline is in like 9 hours and I thought I could send it without the recommendations/send them in a little later but on the Common App it says 1 teacher evaluation is required. Should I just try sending it in without or just cut my losses at this point?
Will it let you submit the common app without the teacher recs?
If it does, I would say submit it, then email NYU explaining the issue and that it was out of your control, and that you will have your teachers send their letters straight to NYU as soon as possible.
edit: I just dug through my email and found one from NYU (one of those ones that’s like ‘we noticed you’re planning on applying,’ ect.) that said
“We will continue to accept required credentials such as test scores, school reports, transcripts, and teacher evaluations throughout the month of January.”
so if it lets you submit it, you should be good. Good luck! 
Thank god! Thank you so much for this!